1975-76 NBA Rookies

1974-75 Rookies 1976-77 Rookies

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27.7/16.9/5.0)

Rookie of the Year: Alvan Adams (19.0/9.1/5.6)

PPG Leader: Bob McAdoo (31.1)

RPG Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (16.9)

APG Leader: Slick Watts (8.1)

WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (17.0)

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1975-76 Stats

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Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Alvan Adams	Oct 25, '75, PHO @ POR	21	13	988	27203	5709	11464	2	15	2490	3160	2015	6937	4012	1289	808	2194	3214	13910	.498		.788	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8
2	Jerome Anderson	Dec 12, '75, BOS vs. WSB	22	2	49	290	51	104			25	36	13	25	16	9	5		51	127	.490		.694	5.9	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1
3	Jerry Baskerville	Dec 12, '75, PHI @ LAL	24	1	21	105	8	26			10	16	13	28	3	6	5		32	26	.308		.625	5.0	1.2	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
4	Bob Bigelow	Oct 23, '75, KCK @ WSB	22	4	94	762	91	220			52	71	35	111	42	19	4	18	75	234	.414		.732	8.1	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.0
5	Tom Boswell	Oct 24, '75, BOS vs. HOU	22	6	366	7046	1096	2058	6	11	623	860	676	1709	591	142	111	474	1102	2821	.533		.724	19.3	7.7	4.7	1.6	0.4	0.3
6	Junior Bridgeman	Oct 25, '75, MIL vs. CHI	22	12	849	21257	4801	10099	40	164	1875	2216	910	2995	2066	685	220	1169	1969	11517	.475		.846	25.0	13.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.3
7	Joe Bryant	Oct 24, '75, PHI @ CHI	21	8	606	12845	2093	4648	23	115	1043	1404	825	2441	1049	519	201	935	1635	5252	.450		.743	21.2	8.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.3
8	Al Carlson	Oct 24, '75, SEA vs. POR	24	1	28	279	27	79			18	29	30	73	13	7	11		39	72	.342		.621	10.0	2.6	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.4
9	Jim Creighton	Oct 23, '75, ATL vs. NOJ	25	1	32	172	12	43			7	16	13	45	4	2	9		23	31	.279		.438	5.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.3
10	Darryl Dawkins	Oct 27, '75, PHI vs. LAL	19	14	726	17235	3477	6079	2	15	1777	2593	1125	4432	917	345	1023	1621	2784	8733	.572		.685	23.7	12.0	6.1	1.3	0.5	1.4
11	Henry Dickerson	Feb 29, '76, DET vs. PHO	24	2	23	175	15	41			15	24	3	5	19	3	1		30	45	.366		.625	7.6	2.0	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.0
12	Eric Fernsten	Oct 30, '75, CLE vs. CHI	22	6	218	1643	193	434	0	0	131	194	144	372	82	52	51	72	174	517	.445		.675	7.5	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.2
13	Larry Fogle	Nov 27, '75, NYK @ WSB	22	1	2	14	1	5			0	0	1	3	0	1	0		4	2	.200			7.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
14	Don Ford	Oct 23, '75, LAL @ NYK	23	7	474	9301	1313	2828	1	7	389	503	544	1691	647	274	139	296	1004	3016	.464		.773	19.6	6.4	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.3
15	World B. Free	Oct 24, '75, PHI @ CHI	22	13	886	26893	6512	14294	213	632	4718	6264	1008	2430	3319	910	223	1869	2270	17955	.456		.753	30.4	20.3	2.7	3.7	1.0	0.3
16	Donnie Freeman	Oct 23, '75, LAL @ NYK	31	1	64	1480	263	606			163	199	72	180	171	57	11		160	689	.434		.819	23.1	10.8	2.8	2.7	0.9	0.2
17	Kevin Grevey	Nov 1, '75, WSB @ GSW	22	10	672	15246	2915	6670	145	434	1389	1701	590	1594	1247	392	112	748	1286	7364	.437		.817	22.7	11.0	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.2
18	Bob Gross	Oct 28, '75, POR @ NOJ	22	8	513	12575	1857	3629	5	28	848	1062	940	2253	1481	615	361	729	1484	4567	.512		.798	24.5	8.9	4.4	2.9	1.2	0.7
19	Lindsay Hairston	Oct 25, '75, DET @ ATL	24	1	47	651	104	228			65	112	65	179	21	21	32		84	273	.456		.580	13.9	5.8	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.7
20	Glenn Hansen	Nov 9, '75, KCK @ LAL	23	3	112	1447	240	582			108	149	106	247	93	61	16	1	191	588	.412		.725	12.9	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.1
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
21	Bubbles Hawkins	Oct 25, '75, GSW @ BUF	21	4	103	2005	534	1179			245	348	107	240	150	114	47	45	252	1313	.453		.704	19.5	12.7	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.5
22	Wilbur Holland	Oct 23, '75, ATL vs. NOJ	24	4	276	8171	1608	3558			544	681	276	842	922	475	44	408	747	3760	.452		.799	29.6	13.6	3.1	3.3	1.7	0.2
23	Lionel Hollins	Nov 7, '75, POR vs. KCK	22	10	673	18453	3201	7211	13	87	1394	1882	382	1601	3006	1053	192	1337	1841	7809	.444		.741	27.4	11.6	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.3
24	Steve Jones	Oct 24, '75, POR @ SEA	33	1	64	819	168	380			78	94	13	75	63	17	6		96	414	.442		.830	12.8	6.5	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.1
25	Rich Kelley	Oct 23, '75, NOJ @ ATL	22	11	814	17711	2166	4435	0	10	1867	2384	1872	5678	2092	694	749	1576	2613	6199	.488		.783	21.8	7.6	7.0	2.6	0.9	0.9
26	Tom Kropp	Nov 1, '75, WSB @ GSW	22	2	78	552	80	182			33	47	26	62	47	20	1		97	193	.440		.702	7.1	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.0
27	C.J. Kupec	Oct 23, '75, LAL @ NYK	23	3	147	1589	247	579			112	145	107	313	108	31	7	24	174	606	.427		.772	10.8	4.1	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.0
28	John Lambert	Oct 25, '75, CLE @ NYK	23	7	446	5564	725	1694	1	12	237	342	561	1493	248	153	172	258	863	1688	.428		.693	12.5	3.8	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.4
29	John Laskowski	Oct 28, '75, CHI vs. SEA	22	2	118	2132	359	902			114	150	68	282	99	88	12		112	832	.398		.760	18.1	7.1	2.4	0.8	0.7	0.1
30	Greg Lee	Oct 24, '75, POR @ SEA	24	1	5	35	2	4			2	2	0	2	11	2	0		6	6	.500		1.000	7.0	1.2	0.4	2.2	0.4	0.0
31	Clyde Mayes	Oct 28, '75, MIL vs. LAL	22	2	74	1000	119	267			59	104	107	279	40	9	46		166	297	.446		.567	13.5	4.0	3.8	0.5	0.1	0.6
32	Ken Mayfield	Oct 25, '75, NYK vs. CLE	27	1	13	64	17	46			3	3	1	8	4	0	0		18	37	.370		1.000	4.9	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
33	Jim McElroy	Oct 23, '75, NOJ @ ATL	22	7	418	10178	1636	3494	7	34	841	1101	242	820	1462	384	126	610	711	4120	.468		.764	24.3	9.9	2.0	3.5	0.9	0.3
34	George McGinnis*	Oct 24, '75, PHI @ CHI	25	7	528	16194	3386	7566	2	25	2316	3559	1601	5177	1985	923	236	1291	1984	9090	.448		.651	30.7	17.2	9.8	3.8	1.7	0.4
35	Tom McMillen	Nov 11, '75, BUF vs. WSB	23	11	729	14770	2420	5014	3	25	1071	1329	957	2913	788	198	191	693	1740	5914	.483		.806	20.3	8.1	4.0	1.1	0.3	0.3
36	Joe Meriweather	Oct 24, '75, HOU @ BOS	22	10	670	14807	2170	4244	1	3	1098	1598	1285	3764	603	311	810	737	2253	5439	.511		.687	22.1	8.1	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.2
37	Dave Meyers	Oct 25, '75, MIL vs. CHI	22	4	281	7471	1208	2623	1	5	732	1083	527	1771	652	272	143	395	755	3149	.461		.676	26.6	11.2	6.3	2.3	1.0	0.5
38	Frank Oleynick	Oct 24, '75, SEA vs. POR	20	2	102	1166	208	539			92	130	23	90	113	34	10		110	508	.386		.708	11.4	5.0	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.1
39	Cliff Pondexter	Oct 24, '75, CHI vs. PHI	21	3	197	2856	300	722			178	267	226	747	218	81	52	30	282	778	.416		.667	14.5	3.9	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.3
40	Bill Robinzine	Oct 23, '75, KCK @ WSB	23	7	529	11432	2185	4533	2	8	1169	1561	1091	3209	560	563	84	769	1963	5541	.482		.749	21.6	10.5	6.1	1.1	1.1	0.2
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
41	John Roche	Jan 22, '76, LAL @ GSW	26	4	162	3450	507	1084	81	208	263	321	33	178	640	114	22	240	230	1358	.468		.819	21.3	8.4	1.1	4.0	0.7	0.1
42	Bruce Seals	Oct 24, '75, SEA vs. POR	22	3	235	5734	996	2291			430	637	337	1087	293	154	135	103	786	2422	.435		.675	24.4	10.3	4.6	1.2	0.7	0.6
43	Ed Searcy	Nov 8, '75, BOS @ DET	23	1	4	12	2	6			2	2	0	0	1	0	0		4	6	.333		1.000	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
44	Gene Short	Oct 28, '75, SEA @ CHI	22	1	34	222	32	91			20	32	19	48	10	8	3		36	84	.352		.625	6.5	2.5	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.1
45	John Shumate	Oct 25, '75, PHO @ POR	23	5	318	9201	1393	2698	0	1	1134	1576	605	2388	574	323	224	365	731	3920	.516		.720	28.9	12.3	7.5	1.8	1.0	0.7
46	Ricky Sobers	Oct 26, '75, PHO @ SEA	23	11	821	22992	4250	9262	130	447	2272	2695	672	2132	3525	1085	161	1973	2622	10902	.459		.843	28.0	13.3	2.6	4.3	1.3	0.2
47	Terry Thomas	Dec 12, '75, DET @ SEA	22	1	28	136	28	65			21	29	15	36	3	4	2		21	77	.431		.724	4.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
48	Rudy White	Oct 28, '75, HOU @ BUF	22	5	124	1185	156	382	0	1	72	97	35	120	112	52	7	42	126	384	.408		.742	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.1
49	Gus Williams	Oct 23, '75, GSW @ CLE	22	11	825	25645	5793	12570	108	454	2399	3173	818	2222	4597	1638	291	1646	1637	14093	.461		.756	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	2.0	0.4
50	Bill Willoughby	Oct 23, '75, ATL vs. NOJ	18	8	488	8647	1224	2606	10	37	472	629	685	1891	413	209	292	390	964	2930	.470		.750	17.7	6.0	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.6